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Basketball - NBC SportsTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:18:22 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: sixers25http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/05/cleveland-enters-record-book-as-cavs-lose-24th-consecutive-games-in-a-single-season/comment-page-1/#comment-32805
Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:32:14 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=15714#comment-32805After Lebron ripped your teams heart out they started their plunge. This was way before all of the injuries. Yea they may not have lost 24 straight games but they were still a 30-35 win team at best. Shaq was not a good defender at all and was a complete and utter liability on the pick and roll. Big Z did not even get a ton of minutes and was just used as expiring contract bait. Delonte West was a head case who forgot how to hit open 3’s in the playoffs. Rationalize it away all you want but Lebron was the only reason that team was good. They didn’t lose Lebron with the Decision but when management decided to forgo future cap flexibility to trade for Jamison ( the third best player on a team Lebron routinely knocked out of the first round every year).
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Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:25:13 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=15714#comment-32804Except the Celtics had one great player and traded for 2 more. One of those players signed an extension immediately after. Sorry not happening for the Cavs.
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Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:15:40 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=15714#comment-32794As a Cavs fan I had high hopes for this team to stay somewhat competitive this season and hover around .500. But then I really looked at what we lost from last year

Shaq, Z, Delonte, LeBron to FA :Thats 4 players that saw significant minutes and were keys to the teams success. Delonte and Shaq were easily two of our better defenders and LeBron is who the team relied on to make plays

Then you add in the guys who have missed large chunks of this season

Andy, Mo, Boobie, Parker

Thats 4 guys who were asked to step up and carry a heavier load this season. Andy is the heart of this team, Mo and Boobie are the best outside shooters and Parker is a solid role player.

This team was built around LeBron, it wasnt built for sustained success if he left. What the Cavs need to do now is trade the old (Parker, Moon, Jamison, and Mo) and let the young guys keep getting playing time. Stockpile draft picks and cap space and build this thing right.